I hung up the phone Monday night feeling kind of like a bitch. Cooperation preceded the feeling. I called Bob to ask about a sore on Julieanne’s hand and foot and a sudden fear of the police. At the end of the fight-free conversation, I thought, wow, I really demonize him sometimes. And then the [...]

When I wrote an article for Jewcy back in November, I realized how very little I knew about modern Judaism. Deciding to remedy this situation, I jumped at the chance to take Julieanne to a children’s Hanukkah celebration at our town library. Cultural opportunity! I didn’t know what to expect at all. Would it be [...]

Julieanne, who is now 3, and I had our first conversation about God on the way to school this morning. She brought it up. (For any new readers, I am a divorced atheist who shares custody with a Christian.) It went as follows: Julieanne: We go to church everyday. Me: You and your daddy? Julieanne: [...]

There is no shortage of pseudo-scientific articles circulating the internet (especially if you’re a mother): articles anti-vaccinations, extended rear facing car seats, breastfeeding, “Intelligent” Design, anti- Global Warming, and countless other scary statistics people see hidden within news articles, journal articles, and in every day conversation that would lead one to believe that the government [...]

People always told me that when I became a parent, Christ’s love would become so much more clear to me. Unfortunately, I found the opposite to be true. I figured if we view Christ’s love as similar to parental love, then God is a pretty piss poor parent. No matter what my daughter did, I [...]

How early it starts, the indoctrination! It is my week for Julieanne, and half the way home this afternoon, she talked about church. She’s only two, but knows that when she goes to church with her father, she gets to wear her princess dress and play with toys. If only church always stayed that fun [...]

Growing up, my room was a horrible mess, and I was constantly getting into trouble for things at home. (My parents even redecorated it once very beautifully for me in hopes that I would keep it clean. It didn’t work. I wanted to be neat, but it was so very difficult for me.) My grades [...]

In the war for my two year old’s religious upbringing, I am the bad guy. My ex husband takes her to church (I won’t bother to point out the ironies there!). When she visits my parents, they take her to church. I never had a problem with this–we live in the Bible Belt, and church [...]

Julieanne, insisting she is a big girl, can go potty all by herself and has been doing so for several weeks. She is quite proud of this and does it quite often. So this afternoon, I thought that was what she was doing when she went in, turned the lights on, and was quiet. A [...]

I decided that while other toddlers may care less about politics, my two-year old would know who Obama is. So this afternoon, I showed Julieanne a picture of Barack Obama. “Obama,” I said. “Obama,” Julieanne repeated. She pointed to the computer screen which was filled with Google image search pictures of the new President. “One, [...]